The BLM reaches out to local communities to help usher in a future of forestry that balances social, economic, and ecological values

The Resource Management Plans (RMP) for Western Oregon will determine how BLM-administered lands will be managed to further the recovery of threatened and endangered species, provide for clean water, restore fire-adapted ecosystems, produce a sustained yield of timber products, coordinate management of lands surrounding the Coquille Forest with the Coquille Tribe, and provide for recreation opportunities.

These lands provide forest products, fish and wildlife habitat, and countless recreation opportunities. Unlike national forests, BLM lands in western Oregon are generally not large contiguous blocks, but a "checkerboard" pattern of federal lands.

These 2.5 million acres have an important role to the social, economic, and ecological well-being of western Oregon, as well as to the greater American public. On April 24, 2015, the BLM announced the release of the Draft Resource Management Plan/Environmental Impact Statement. At that time, the BLM announced that the comment period would last for 90 days, from April 24, 2015, to July 23, 2015.

The BLM has extended the comment period for the Draft Resource Management Plan/Environmental Impact Statement until August 21, 2015.